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BETHPAGE
4 COP » ts
Island Trees Plainedge
also serving
Seaford Old Bethpage Plainview
VOL. 32 NO. 48 April 26 - May 2,1988 20 CENTS PER COPY
JL
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JULmljL
Nassau County fire departments
have been forced to suspend all key
training activities at the county's
Fire Training Academy due to
pockets of explosive methane gas
which have been discovered near
the training facility located in Old
Betfipage.
This order affects all of the
county's 71 village and city fire
departments and has been in effect
since January, although the sus­pension
has not yet been formally
announced. Concerns that a con­trolled
fire set for training pur­poses
might trigger an explosion of
the gas, prompted state and local
officials to take these precaution­ary
measures. •
Officials have stated that
although methane gas is highly
combustible, it is considered haf rri-less
when vented into the atmos­phere,
thus it is felt that this gas
poses no immediate danger to res­idents,
the closest living approxi­mately
one-quarter mile frohi the
facility.
The sixteen acre Fire Service
Academy is virtually the only site
where recruits can receive on-the-job
training before actually bat­tling
a real fire. AUhough state law
requires only classroom training
for volunteer fire fighters, all
departments view the training cen­ter
as a vital part of their training,
and are concerned about the pres­ent
suspension.
The Academy is adjacent to the
Old Bethpage Landfill which
already has a system designed to
dissipate methane, which is quite
commonly found at such landfills
due to rotting garbage. The land­fill,
however, has been designated
CTP
as one of New York's most dan­gerous
waste sites, and has been
classified as a federal Superfund
^ite, meaning it contains hazard­ous
wastes that will eventually be
cleaned up with public funds.
The methane was discovered
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late last year when maintenance
staff and Academy instructors
noticed something bubbling from
the ground, and complained of a
strong odor at the site. State and
local officials have not commented
as to the exact origin or intensity of
the gas but are presently conduct­ing
investigations regarding the
landfill. They have stated that no
methane gas has been detected
outside of the landfill and that they
do not regard this problem as a
serious one.
Pictured above is the Nassau County Fire Service Academy which is located in Old Bethpage. Behind the
l^acre training facility is the Old Bethpage landfill, where the discovery of methane gas, necessitated the
temporary closing of the Academy.
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ismetn
BETHPAGE
4 COP » ts
Island Trees Plainedge
also serving
Seaford Old Bethpage Plainview
VOL. 32 NO. 48 April 26 - May 2,1988 20 CENTS PER COPY
JL
cTT^nn r~\ r\r
JULmljL
Nassau County fire departments
have been forced to suspend all key
training activities at the county's
Fire Training Academy due to
pockets of explosive methane gas
which have been discovered near
the training facility located in Old
Betfipage.
This order affects all of the
county's 71 village and city fire
departments and has been in effect
since January, although the sus­pension
has not yet been formally
announced. Concerns that a con­trolled
fire set for training pur­poses
might trigger an explosion of
the gas, prompted state and local
officials to take these precaution­ary
measures. •
Officials have stated that
although methane gas is highly
combustible, it is considered haf rri-less
when vented into the atmos­phere,
thus it is felt that this gas
poses no immediate danger to res­idents,
the closest living approxi­mately
one-quarter mile frohi the
facility.
The sixteen acre Fire Service
Academy is virtually the only site
where recruits can receive on-the-job
training before actually bat­tling
a real fire. AUhough state law
requires only classroom training
for volunteer fire fighters, all
departments view the training cen­ter
as a vital part of their training,
and are concerned about the pres­ent
suspension.
The Academy is adjacent to the
Old Bethpage Landfill which
already has a system designed to
dissipate methane, which is quite
commonly found at such landfills
due to rotting garbage. The land­fill,
however, has been designated
CTP
as one of New York's most dan­gerous
waste sites, and has been
classified as a federal Superfund
^ite, meaning it contains hazard­ous
wastes that will eventually be
cleaned up with public funds.
The methane was discovered
® '? [F
late last year when maintenance
staff and Academy instructors
noticed something bubbling from
the ground, and complained of a
strong odor at the site. State and
local officials have not commented
as to the exact origin or intensity of
the gas but are presently conduct­ing
investigations regarding the
landfill. They have stated that no
methane gas has been detected
outside of the landfill and that they
do not regard this problem as a
serious one.
Pictured above is the Nassau County Fire Service Academy which is located in Old Bethpage. Behind the
l^acre training facility is the Old Bethpage landfill, where the discovery of methane gas, necessitated the
temporary closing of the Academy.
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